Satisfaction...

Phew... finally finished the bulk of the 2 weeks Orientation work... amidst sorting out my own enrollment which had gone horribly wrong because the uni messed up my details when I changed my degree. So basically they wouldn't let me enroll unless I paid my fees & they wouldn't let me pay my fees unless I enrolled!!! It was one helluva Catch-22 !!!

Talking about Catch-22 reminded me of this great excerpt from the movie/book Catch-22...

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Yossarian is a pilot who wants to ground (quit flying) because he is sick of war.

>
> "... .but Doc Daneeka didn't laugh until Yossarian
> came to him one
> mission later and pleaded again, without any
> expectation of success, to
> be grounded. Doc Daneeka snickered once and was soon
> immersed in
> problems of his own which included Chief White
> Halfoat who had been
> challenging him all that morning to Indian wrestle,
> and Yossarian, who
> decided right then and there to go crazy.
>
> "You are wasting your time," Doc Daneeka was forced
> to tell him.
>
> "Can't you ground someone who's crazy?"
>
> "Oh, sure. I have to. There's a rule saying I have
> to ground anyone
> who's crazy."
>
> "Then why don't you ground me? I'm crazy. Ask
> Clevinger."
>
> "Clevinger? Whare is Clevinger? You find Clevinger
> and I'll ask him."
>
> "Then ask any of the others. They'll tell you how
> crazy I am."
>
> "They're crazy."
>
> "Then why don't you ground them?"
>
> "Why don't they ask me to ground them?"
>
> "Because they're crazy, that's why."
>
> "Of course they're crazy," Doc replied. "I just told
> you they're crazy,
> didn't I? And you can't let crazy people decide
> whether you're crazy or
> not, can you?"
>
> Yossarian looked at him soberly and tried another
> approach. `Is Orr crazy?"
>
> "He sure is," Doc Daneeka replied.
>
> "Can you ground him?"
>
> "I sure can. But first he has to ask me. That's part
> of the rule."
>
> "Then why doesn't he ask you to?"
>
> "Because he's crazy," Doc Daneeka said. " He has to
> be crazy to keep
> flying combat missions after all the close calls
> he's had. Sure, I can
> ground Orr. But first he has to ask me."
>
> "That's all he has to do to be grounded?"
>
> "That's all. Let him ask me."
>
> "And then you can ground him?" Yossarian asked.
>
> "No. Then I can't ground him."
>
> "You mean there's a catch?"
>
> "Sure there's a catch," Doc Daneeka replied.
> "Catch-22. Anyone who wants
> to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy." There
> was only one catch
> and that was Catch-22. Which specified that a
> concern for one's own
> safety in the face of dangers that were real and
> immediate was the
> process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could
> be grounded. All he
> had to do was to ask; and as soon as he did, he
> would no longer be crazy
> and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be
> crazy to fly more
> missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane
> he had to fly them.
> If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but
> if he didn't want
> to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very
> deeply by the
> absolute simplicity of the clause of Catch-22 and
> let out a respectful
> whistle.
>
> "That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed.
>
> "It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed.



Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!